Computer History and Generations
Questions (Set #5, Page #1)
This section contains Multiple Choice Questions and Answers on Computer
Development History and Computer Generations. Here we will learn about
computers, their developers, technologies used in different computer
generations, usages etc.
List of Questions on Computer History and
Generations
1) What was the name of first computer designed by Charlse Babbage?
1. Analytical Engine
2. Difference Engine
3. Colossus
4. ENIAC
2) Which was the first electronics digital programmable computing
device?
1. Analytical Engine
2. Difference Engine
3. Colossus
4. ENIAC
3) EDSAC stands for __________.
1. Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
2. Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
3. Electronic Data Storage Automatic Calculator
4. Electronic Data Storage Automatic Computer
4) EDVAC stands for __________.
1. Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator
2. Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
3. Electronic Data Variable Automatic Calculator
4. Electronic Data Variable Automatic Computer
5) Which was the first commercial computer?
1. Ferranti Mark 1
2. Analytical Engine
3. Difference Engine
4. Colossus
6) UNIAC stands for __________.
1. Universal Automatic Calculator
2. Universal Native Input Automatic computer
3. Universal Native Input Automatic calculator
4. Universal Automatic Computer
7) ENIAC stands for __________.
1. Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
2. Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
3. Electronic Numerical Integrator Automatic Computer
4. Electronic Numerical Integrator Automatic Calculator
8) John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the inventors of __________
computer.
1. UNIAC
2. ENIAC
3. EDSAC
4. Ferranti Mark 1
9) Who invented the punch card?
1. Charles Babbage
2. Semen Korsakov
3. Herman Hollerith
4. Joseph Marie Jacquard
10) In the late __________, Herman Hollerith invented data storage on
punched cards that could then be read by a machine.
1. 1860
2. 1900
3. 1890
4. 1880
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDVAC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card
11) Which electronic components are used in First Generation Computers?
1. Transistors
2. Integrated Circuits
3. Vacuum Tubes
4. VLSI Microprocessor
5. ULSI Microprocessor
12) Which electronic components are used in Second Generation
Computers?
1. Transistors
2. Integrated Circuits
3. Vacuum Tubes
4. VLSI Microprocessor
5. ULSI Microprocessor
13) Which electronic components are used in Third Generation
Computers?
1. Transistors
2. Integrated Circuits
3. Vacuum Tubes
4. VLSI Microprocessor
5. ULSI Microprocessor
14) Which electronic components are used in Fourth Generation
Computers?
1. Transistors
2. Integrated Circuits
3. Vacuum Tubes
4. VLSI Microprocessor
5. ULSI Microprocessor
15) Which electronic components are used in Fifth Generation Computers?
1. Transistors
2. Integrated Circuits
3. Vacuum Tubes
4. VLSI Microprocessor
5. ULSI Microprocessor
16) ENIAC Computer belongs to __________.
1. First Generation Computers
2. Second Generation Computers
3. Third Generation Computers
4. Fourth Generation Computers
17) VLSI Stands for __________.
1. Very Large Storage Integration
2. Very Large Storage Integrator
3. Very Large Scale Integration
4. Very Large Scale Integrator
18) ULSI Stands for __________.
1. Ultra Large Storage Integration
2. Ultra Large Scale Integration
3. Ultra Large Storage Integrator
4. Ultra Large Scale Integrator
19) __________ is used as a programming language in first generation
computers?
1. FORTRAN
2. COBOL
3. BASIC
4. Machine Language
20) FORTRAN stands for __________.
1. For Translation
2. Format Transformation
3. Fork Transformation
4. Formula Translation